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Bookmark this pagePlanes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Director: John Hughes
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
When their flight is grounded by snow, suave advertising exec Neal Page (Martin) finds himself stuck with travelling shower-curtain-ring salesman Del Griffith (Candy), the human equivalent of a Double Whopper. Griffith offers the benefit of his wide-ranging travel experience, and the pair set off overland on an odyssey of disasters. Sympathy, initially with the exec, shifts to the salesman, who is revealed as a vulnerable and lonely misfit, while his companion proves an intolerant bully and foul-tempered snob. A couple of overgrown brats seems an appropriate focus for John The Breakfast Club Hughes first adult movie, but if his direction is slick, his script lacks wit and perception. Essentially, it's the stars' keenly observed nuances of character that make this comedy amiable enough.Author: EP
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Posted on Jun 25 2008 23:46
I would recommend this film to anybody...real lighthearted comedy so funny.
John Candy is class, Rest in peace. - Report as inappropriate
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- Michael said...
- Posted on Nov 23 2007 16:12 This is a magnificent film, although you may want to skip past the f-word scene in favor if you are having children watch, although this is a comedy, it is easily mistaken from a drama at times, 5 stars.
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Cast & crew
Director: John Hughes
Producer: John Hughes
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robbins, Michael McKean, Larry Hankin, Edie McClurg, Kevin Bacon full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 92 mins
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